/*
 * Copyright 2006-2008 Michele Mostarda ( michele.mostarda@gmail.com ).
 * All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 'License');
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an 'AS IS' BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package org.graphnav.aggregator.model;


/**
 * Defines an aggregator plugin.
 */
public interface Plugin {

    /**
     * Returns the plugin URI prefix.
     * @return
     */
    String getURIPrefix();

    /**
     * Returns the plugin name.
     *
     * @return
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the plugin description.
     *
     * @return
     */
    String getDescription();

    /**
     * Returns the root type.
     *
     * @return
     */
    ResourceType getRootType();

    /**
     * Returns the central resource.
     *
     * @return
     */
    Resource getCentralResource();

    /**
     * Returns the plugin model.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    ResourceModel getModel();

}
